Cocking and loading apparatus for repeater air rif

A cocking and loading apparatus for an air gun having a barrel and trigger mechanism, comprising:

• a. a movable cylinder defining an internal compression chamber and slidably mounted within a body connecting said barrel and said trigger mechanism, said cylinder selectively movable between a forward and rearward position within said body;
• b. a spring loaded piston mounted within said cylinder and movable between a compressed position wherein the piston is retained by said trigger mechanism against a spring biasing force and a released position within said compression chamber and detached from said trigger mechanism;
• c. a magazine, removably inserted into a magazine receiver in said body between said barrel and said cylinder;
• and,
• d. a pellet feed tube aligned with said barrel and movable between a retracted position external of said magazine and a ready position wherein said pellet feed tube extends through said magazine to said barrel, said pellet feeding tube providing fluid communication between said barrel and said compression chamber.